noun
admission
A statement accepting that something is true.
His admission of the mistake surprises everyone at the meeting.
Etymology
Latin ad- and mittere combine in the idea of letting in. A verbal admission figuratively lets a fact into consideration by acknowledging that it is true.
In context
there's no admission whatsoever of guilt by the league
More examples
- The letter contained an admission of responsibility.
- She made a reluctant admission that he was right.
- Those admissions contradicted his earlier account.
Forms
admission · admissions
Similar words
- acknowledgment
- May accept a fact without the reluctance of an admission.
- confession
- Confession especially acknowledges wrongdoing or a concealed truth.